UKAC_Contest

The 2019 RSGB UKAC evening contests again ended a much less controversial year. While it's impossible to please everybody all of the time, there was respect for the current points system.

Total individual operators were slightly down again from 732 to 696 and one less club took part.

The Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club finished in 4th Position out of 81 clubs in the General Club Section. A very creditable position considering we are not a contest group but an enthusiastic Radio Club. It was another tremendous result, due in no small part to the continued enthusiasm and guidance from Denis G3UVR and Frank G8REQ.

	General Club Score									Local Club Score
Pos	Club	50	70	144	432	1296	SHF	Total	Pos	Club	50	70	144	432	1296	SHF	Total
Pos	Club	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	SHF	Total	Pos	Club	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	MHz	SHF	Total
1	807 ARO	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	6000	1	Hereford ARS	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	6000
2	Drowned Rats RG	567	544	676	665	496	392	3340	2	Worksop ARS	814	854	860	888	352	30	3798
3	Northern Fells CG	201	695	422	399	582	349	2648	3	Bolton Wireless Club	306	228	307	348	485	427	2101
4	Wirral & DARC	571	534	447	400	469	215	2636	4	Tall Trees CG	493	500	371	412	286	1	2063
5	Harwell ARS	268	306	526	591	421	225	2337	5	Trowbridge & DARC	192	143	309	283	296	729	1952
6	Spalding & DARS	241	328	181	191	272	530	1743	6	Parallel Lines CG	133	145	84	101	182	867	1512
7	GMDX	271	303	362	357	248	12	1553	7	Northampton RC	218	298	350	437	181		1484
8	Travelling Wave CG	65	121	141	168	169	46	710	8	RAF Waddington ARC	309	303	289	291	264		1456
9	Medway ARTS	210	65	215	212			702	9	Milton Keynes ARS	337	206	196	193	98		1030
10	Grimsby ARS	209	59	177	138	6		589	10	Coulsdon ATS	165	199	189	226	232		1011
11	Addiscombe ARC	269	150	72	75			566	11	Leicester RS	207	242	140	150	98	32	869
12	Camb-Hams	53	22	90	91	62	116	434	12	Cray Valley RS	7		341	326			674
13	Blacksheep CG	99	94	85	53	10		341	13	Triple B ARCG	123	77	252	190	3		645
14	St Tybie ARS	73	153		31	16		273	14	Southport & DARC	103	117	94	66	106	70	556
15	Vecta CG	11		196	47	7		261	15	Martlesham RS		148	90	84	217		539
16	Flight Refuelling ARS	73	53	51	71			248	16	Isle of Man ARS	101		112	119	199		531
17	Ripon & DARS	30		106	95	6		237	17	South Notts ARC	22	53	34	25	126	224	484
18	Workington &DARC	23	56	57	5	62	23	226	18	West Kent ARS	115	118	147	79			459
19	Bromsgrove & DARC	108	89	4	9	9		219	19	Colchester RA		114	48	51	156	84	453
20	Bittern DX Group	109		58	30			197	20	Swindon & DARC	113	9	165	107	14		408

Overall, out of the 696 individual Amateur stations taking part in 2019 Denis G3UVR finished in 4th position in the UK overall, with Bob M1MHZ was a close 8th and right on his heels was Frank in13th place. A very tight finish and well done to everyone who took part.

Once again, WADARC continued to enjoy the added generosity of points from our country member Bob G1ZJP (operating as M1MHZ). We thank him for every one of those points which helped our position no end.

As I have said before the above three are no good on their own and it's each and every point spread over a group of stations, all regular contesters, which helps to pull us into the top group so a big "Well Done" to Paul GW0MDQ, Neil M0WBG, George M0HWO and Tom G4BKF for their contributions.

Pos	Call	50	Logs	70	Logs	144	Logs	432	Logs	1296	Logs	SHF	Logs	Total
Pos	Call	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	MHz	Logs	SHF	Logs	Total
4	G3UVR	957	12	923	11	919	12	932	12	987	12	456	11 (22)	5174
8	M1MHZ	856	10	974	11	856	11	976	11	950	11	33	3 (3)	4645
13	G8REQ	762	10	760	8	822	11	743	10	841	10	144	10 (10)	4072
68	G4OAR/A	511	9	560	11	466	9	310	9	423	11			2270
83	GW0MDQ	294	6	198	5	583	11	483	11	443	6	101	10 (10)	2102
129	M0WBG	439	12			649	11	395	7					1483
200	MW0XAD(/P)	174	3	66	2	467	7	138	3					845
201	M0HWO	424	12	151	7	268	12							843
271	G4BKF	73	2			452	10							525

On SHF, Once again in 2019, the greatest increase in activity was seen in the SHF or microwave sections. Here once again WADARC is up there with the best of them.

On 2.3GHz, Denis beat his own personal best with no less than 5 Top Scores of 1,000 points out of 8 contests. Excellent ! it hardly describes such a great result and with it came the honour of "Winner, Restricted Section" a BIG "Well Done Denis" from us all.

On 10GHz, Wirral came 3rd place with yet another high placing thanks to Denis G3UVR

We are primarily a Radio Club and many of our members have jobs, families and other interests which make operating every Tuesday/Thursday plus attending Radio Club Meetings on a Wednesday as well, pretty tricky ! It requires plenty of family diplomacy, and makes their contribution of completing in as many monthly events as possible so appreciated.

Not everyone has every band available due to limited radio's and antennas, but to use a well worn phrase .. "Each operator's contribution is still very important to us".

We are delighted to report some new Country Members have joined us and are contributing their UKAC scores to WADARC for 2020. We offer them a very warm welcome :- Andy GD0AMD, David G8LZE, David G8ZRE, Mike G0CDA and Simon MW0XAD

If, after reading this .. you think you might like to join in for the 2½ hours on a Tuesday/Thursday evening - even if it is only for the 144MHz contest .. but would like more information on any details of the activity .. please do ask anyone of us shown in the list at either a club meeting or a Drink & Waffle as we would all be only too pleased to share our experiences and enjoyment with you and help get you started.